Karen Bell's Outputs (131)

Is there room on the broom for a crip? Disabled women as experts in disaster planning (2023)
Journal Article

Climate change-related extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, requiring urgent action to effectively plan for them. While disabled women are one group likely to be disproportionately and negatively affected by disasters, they a... Read More about Is there room on the broom for a crip? Disabled women as experts in disaster planning.

The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community (2022)
Journal Article

In this study of the Andean town of Chuschi and its surrounding district of the same name, we consider the impacts of the proliferation of fencing on once open land. The paper contributes to a growing body of literature on the practice and impact of... Read More about The fences of Chuschi: The impacts of land enclosure on an Andean indigenous community.

Beyond inclusion?: Perceptions of the extent to which Extinction Rebellion speaks to, and for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and working-class communities (2021)
Journal Article

There is a resurgent interest in, and debate about, inclusive environmentalism. Within this context, it has been alleged that Extinction Rebellion (XR) exclude Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and working-class people. To understand more about... Read More about Beyond inclusion?: Perceptions of the extent to which Extinction Rebellion speaks to, and for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and working-class communities.

Working-class environmentalism in the UK – Organising for sustainability beyond the workplace (2021)
Book Chapter

The labour movement has increasingly articulated the necessity to engage workers in the transition to sustainability (e.g. Labor4sustainability, Mission Statement of the Labor Network for Sustainability, 2017). Workplace mobilisation is vitally impor... Read More about Working-class environmentalism in the UK – Organising for sustainability beyond the workplace.

Mobilising for just transition within and beyond the workplace (2021)
Book Chapter

Under the banner of ‘Just Transition’, the labour movement has articulated the necessity to transform workplace production practices and to tackle social and environmental problems in tandem (e.g. labor4sustainability 2017). Yet, in order to most eff... Read More about Mobilising for just transition within and beyond the workplace.

Green finance, climate justice and working-class environmentalism (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Can the Green New Deal explicitly incorporate degrowth without losing its popular potential? (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The failure of lifestyle environmentalism and the promise of the Green New Deal for working-class people (2021)
Journal Article

There is an urgent need to address a range of environmental issues, including climate change, but the policies enacted to date have usually done nothing to address class inequities and have often led to increased working-class disadvantage. The cause... Read More about The failure of lifestyle environmentalism and the promise of the Green New Deal for working-class people.

The political climate we are in (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Community climate action (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The tree of participation: A new model for inclusive decision-making (2021)
Journal Article

Community development often involves organizing participatory decision-making processes. The challenge is for this to be meaningful. Participatory decision-making has the potential to increase the transparency, accountability, equity and efficienc... Read More about The tree of participation: A new model for inclusive decision-making.

Organising in working-class communities for environmental justice (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Diversity and inclusion in environmentalism (2021)
Book Chapter

This chapter introduces the aim of the book as intending to building bridges between environmentalists and equalities communities. It discusses why we need diversity and inclusion in environmentalism - so that we can bring as many on board as possibl... Read More about Diversity and inclusion in environmentalism.

Working-class people, Extinction Rebellion and the environmental movements of the Global North (2021)
Book Chapter

Youth, climate and environmentalism (2021)
Book Chapter

This chapter focuses on youth activism. It argues that this activism is complex and framed in ways that uphold and recognise the connections between environmental justice and global economic, social and political justice. The youth climate strikes ha... Read More about Youth, climate and environmentalism.

Diversity and Inclusion in Environmentalism (2021)
Book

his book discusses how to develop green transitions which benefit, include and respect marginalised social groups.

Diversity and Inclusion in Environmentalism explores the challenge of taking into account issues of equity and justice in the green... Read More about Diversity and Inclusion in Environmentalism.

Just and fair climate mitigation policy: The views of working-class people (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Class matters if we want to tackle climate change (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine

Why Earth Day is a class issue (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine

Environmental problems in Bolivia and South Korea (2021)
Digital Artefact

Overview of the environmental issues that Bolivia and South Korea face. This video is one of a series linked to ESRC funded research project entitled ‘Fair and Inclusive Environmental and Social Transition Alternatives: Learning from the 'Living Well... Read More about Environmental problems in Bolivia and South Korea.

A working-class green movement (2021)
Digital Artefact

Working-Class Environmentalism: An Agenda for a Just and Fair Transition to Sustainability (2020)
Book

This book is about how to develop green transitions which benefit, include and respect working class people. The book will challenge current practice, policy and thinking by highlighting how discriminatory and undermining actions and attitudes towar... Read More about Working-Class Environmentalism: An Agenda for a Just and Fair Transition to Sustainability.

The importance of relational pedagogy for student experience and inclusion (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

How to build a more inclusive environmental movement: Issues of class, race, and geography (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Review of Environmental Justice, Popular Struggle and Community Development (2020)
Journal Article

Environmental Justice, Popular Struggle and Community Development provides a global view of how these ways of achieving change can reinforce each other. It is comprised of case examples from around the world, including Canada, Palestine, South Africa... Read More about Review of Environmental Justice, Popular Struggle and Community Development.

The green new deal – The way forward (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Green new deal: How to make the transition equitable and inclusive for all (2020)
Digital Artefact

Working-class studies: Beyond the heartlands, WCSA conference, University of Kent, Canterbury, 3‐6 September 2019 (2020)
Journal Article

Do you have to be rich to be green? (2020)
Digital Artefact

Working class environmentalism (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Green space and inclusion (2019)
Digital Artefact

Does climate activism have a privilege problem?: Class, race and saving the planet (2019)
Digital Artefact

Environment and sustainability in Latin America: Achievements and challenges in Bolivia, Brazil and Cuba (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Green places for everyone (2019)
Digital Artefact

Building a working class environmental movement (2019)
Digital Artefact

Addressing inequality is key if we want to tackle climate crisis (2019)
Newspaper / Magazine

A working-class green movement is out there but not getting the credit it deserves (2019)
Newspaper / Magazine

Environmental protests are now frequently reported in the media, and the green movement is, at last, getting the attention it deserves. But most of the focus is on the activities of groups, such as Extinction Rebellion, which are not strongly rooted... Read More about A working-class green movement is out there but not getting the credit it deserves.

Vivir Bien en Bolivia - ¿El camino a seguir para un desarrollo sostenible? (Short version) (2019)
Digital Artefact

Living Well in Bolivia - The way forward for sustainable development? (Short version) (2019)
Digital Artefact

Vivir Bien en Bolivia - ¿El camino a seguir para un desarrollo sostenible? (Long version) (2019)
Digital Artefact

Living Well in Bolivia - The way forward for sustainable development? (Long version) (2019)
Digital Artefact

Environmental problems in Bolivia and South Korea (2019)
Digital Artefact

This video is one of a series linked to ESRC funded research project entitled ‘Fair and Inclusive Environmental and Social Transition Alternatives: Learning from the 'Living Well' and 'Green Economy' pathways to sustainability’. Between February 2016... Read More about Environmental problems in Bolivia and South Korea.

A working-class led transition to sustainability (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Involving working-class people in the transition to sustainability (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation at Geographical Society Annual Conference: Geographies of Trouble/Geographies of Hope, RGS, London

Different interpretations of 'development' under Living Well (Bolivia) & Green Economy (South Korea) (2018)
Digital Artefact

We have, perhaps, 12 years to restore planetary balance if we are to avert irreversible and abrupt
environmental change with deleterious, or even disastrous, consequences for humans. In recent years, several paradigms have emerged which may offer a... Read More about Different interpretations of 'development' under Living Well (Bolivia) & Green Economy (South Korea).

Including working class people in the transition to sustainability (2018)
Digital Artefact

Criticisms of Green Economy (2018)
Digital Artefact

We have, perhaps, 12 years to restore planetary balance if we are to avert irreversible and abrupt environmental change with deleterious, or even disastrous, consequences for humans. In recent years, several paradigms have emerged which may offer a... Read More about Criticisms of Green Economy.

Criticisms of Vivir Bien (2018)
Digital Artefact

We have, perhaps, 12 years to restore planetary balance if we are to avert irreversible and abrupt environmental change with deleterious, or even disastrous, consequences for humans. In recent years, several paradigms have emerged which may offer a... Read More about Criticisms of Vivir Bien.

What does Vivir Bien mean? (2018)
Digital Artefact

We have, perhaps, 12 years to restore planetary balance if we are to avert irreversible and abrupt environmental change with deleterious, or even disastrous,consequences for humans. In recent years, several paradigms have emerged which may offer a w... Read More about What does Vivir Bien mean?.

Living Well and Green Economy. Which is best for jobs? (2018)
Digital Artefact

We have, perhaps, 12 years to restore planetary balance if we are to avert irreversible and abrupt environmental change with deleterious, or even disastrous, consequences for humans. In recent years, several paradigms have emerged which may offer a w... Read More about Living Well and Green Economy. Which is best for jobs?.

Inclusive, just and effective transition: Comparing market-based and redistributive approaches (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discusses two different approaches to transitioning to sustainability.

Green economy and living well: Which best delivers just transition and green jobs? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation regarding the most impactful path to a just transition.

What is green economy? (2018)
Digital Artefact

We have, perhaps, 12 years to restore planetary balance if we are to avert irreversible and abrupt environmental change with deleterious, or even disastrous,consequences for humans. In recent years, several paradigms have emerged which may offer a wa... Read More about What is green economy?.

Modelling of an expandable, reconfigurable, renewable DC microgrid for off-grid communities (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This paper proposes a DC microgrid system, comprising multiple locally available renewable energy sources in an off-grid rural community, based on a commissioned field study carried out in a rural, off-grid village in Nepal, which... Read More about Modelling of an expandable, reconfigurable, renewable DC microgrid for off-grid communities.

Social equality and sustainable society (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discusses how to simulateously create a sustainable, fair and more equal society.

The importance of equality for achieving sustainable development (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discusses the relationship between equality and sustainable development.

Achieving environmental justice (2018)
Other

Podcast Interview, broadcast by Climate Justice Research Centre at the University of Technology, Sydney. Discusses my work on achieving environmental justice and, particularly, the book of that name.

Green economy and living well (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation of the achievements and pitfalls of these policy paradigms.

Solidarity for environmental justice: ALBA’s contribution in Latin America and the Caribbean (2017)
Book Chapter

Environmental justice embraces the concept and movement for a healthy and safe environment; equal access to environmental resources alongside avoidance of environmental harms; and meaningful participation in environmental decision-making. Central and... Read More about Solidarity for environmental justice: ALBA’s contribution in Latin America and the Caribbean.

A photovoltaic panel modelling method for flexible implementation in Matlab/Simulink using datasheet quantities (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2017 IEEE. This paper presents a detailed method for creating an embedded Matlab model in Simulink for any solar photovoltaic panel starting with its datasheet values. It links extrinsic functions to the Simulink embedded model to provide fast and... Read More about A photovoltaic panel modelling method for flexible implementation in Matlab/Simulink using datasheet quantities.

Modelling of an expandable, reconfigurable, renewable DC microgrid for off-grid communities (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper proposes a DC microgrid system based on multiple locally available renewable energy sources in an off-grid rural community, based on a field study carried out in a rural, off-grid village in Nepal. The site has been assessed as suitable fo... Read More about Modelling of an expandable, reconfigurable, renewable DC microgrid for off-grid communities.

Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research (2017)
Book

© Rosalind Edwards, John Goodwin, Henrietta O'Connor and Ann Phoenix 2017. All rights reserved. This book asks the important question; Can the by-products of research activity be treated as data and of research interest in themselves? This groundbrea... Read More about Working with paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes: The centrality of by-products of social research.

Tomorrow will be too late: Fidel Castro's environmental legacy (2017)
Journal Article

A discussion of the work of Fidel Castro in relation to sustainability in Cuba. When Fidel Castro became President of Cuba in 1959, the country's environment was in ruins as a result of hundreds of years of US and Spanish colonial exploitation of nat... Read More about Tomorrow will be too late: Fidel Castro's environmental legacy.

‘Living well’ as a path to social, ecological and economic sustainability (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 by the author. While there is wide agreement on the need to move towards fairer and more sustainable societies, how to best achieve this is still the source of some debate. In particular, there are tensions between more market-based/technologi... Read More about ‘Living well’ as a path to social, ecological and economic sustainability.

Living well within planetary limits (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores the Bolivian approach to sustainability and wellbeing - the concept of 'Vivir Bien'. It describes the importance of redistribution of wealth for achieving sustainability and living within the limits of the one planet that we hav... Read More about Living well within planetary limits.

Green economy or living well? Assessing divergent paradigms for equitable eco-social transition in South Korea and Bolivia (2016)
Journal Article

'Green Economy' and 'Living Well ('Vivir Bien)' have emerged as contending macro-policies in the search for a future direction that meets human needs whilst respecting environmental limits. There are a number of different interpretations of each conc... Read More about Green economy or living well? Assessing divergent paradigms for equitable eco-social transition in South Korea and Bolivia.

Bread and roses: A gender perspective on environmental justice and public health (2016)
Journal Article

Gender continues to be a relatively marginal issue in environmental justice debates and yet it remains an important aspect of injustice. To help redress the balance, this article explores women’s experience of environmental justice through a review o... Read More about Bread and roses: A gender perspective on environmental justice and public health.

How paradata can illuminate technical, social and professional role changes between the Poverty in the UK (1967/1968) and Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (2012) surveys (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, The Author(s). This article brings together analyses of the micro paradata ‘by-products’ from the 1967/1968 Poverty in the United Kingdom (PinUK) and 2012 Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (PSE) surveys to explore changes in the conditio... Read More about How paradata can illuminate technical, social and professional role changes between the Poverty in the UK (1967/1968) and Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK (2012) surveys.

Living well indicators (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion of how to measure 'Living Well'/ 'Vivir Bien', the Latin American paradigm for transition to sustainability.

Endless Pressure: Life on a Low Income in Austere Times (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors Social Policy & Administration Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Much has been written that details the decline in living standards following the ‘credit crunch’ in the UK. It remains that we understand to a lesser degree the... Read More about Endless Pressure: Life on a Low Income in Austere Times.

Evaluation of Easton and Lawrence Hill neighbourhood management (2016)
Report

This evaluation was commissioned by Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management (ELH NM) to provide an evidence base to inform their priorities and business plan for the next five years. It reports on ELH NM’s achievements since 1 April 2010;... Read More about Evaluation of Easton and Lawrence Hill neighbourhood management.

Proving the economic value of voluntary, community and social enterprise infrastructure support organisations (2016)
Report

This report summarises the results of a two year study to assess the social and economic value of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector infrastructure support organisations. The research, commissioned by South West Forum, was condu... Read More about Proving the economic value of voluntary, community and social enterprise infrastructure support organisations.

Can the capitalist economic system deliver environmental justice? (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. Can a healthy environment for all social groups be delivered through capitalism via market mechanisms? Or is it the capitalist system, itself, that has been at the root of the environmental and social crises we now face? Th... Read More about Can the capitalist economic system deliver environmental justice?.

Navigating the stigmatised identities of poverty in austere times: Resisting and responding to narratives of personal failure (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Behavioural explanations of poverty and disadvantage have figured heavily in political rhetoric in the era of austerity, as a means to understand trajectories into poverty and subsequent relationships between benefit cla... Read More about Navigating the stigmatised identities of poverty in austere times: Resisting and responding to narratives of personal failure.

Environmental justice: Inspiration from Latin America (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Karen Bell is a Bristol-based environmental justice academic, author and activist. She will discuss how the Latin American left is leading the way globally in achieving environmental justice – and what we can learn from them. Environmental justice as... Read More about Environmental justice: Inspiration from Latin America.

The educational progress of looked after children in England. Technical report 3: Perspectives of young people, social workers, carers and teachers (2015)
Report

This is the technical report giving the perspectives of young people, social workers, carers and teachers on the attainment of looked after children in England.

Generating solidarity around human rights, equality and social justice (2015)
Book Chapter

Although human rights, equality and social justice are closely aligned, the relationship between them is rarely analysed or articulated. This paper considers this relationship and argues that strengthening their connections and generating solidarity... Read More about Generating solidarity around human rights, equality and social justice.

The educational progress of looked after children in England: Final report (2015)
Report

In this context, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the Rees Centre, University of Oxford and School for Policy Studies and Graduate School of Education at the
University of Bristol collaborated on this study to identify key care and educational fac... Read More about The educational progress of looked after children in England: Final report.

Quantitative conversations: the importance of developing rapport in standardised interviewing (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, The Author(s). When developing household surveys, much emphasis is understandably placed on developing survey instruments that can elicit accurate and comparable responses. In order to ensure that carefully crafted questions are not undermine... Read More about Quantitative conversations: the importance of developing rapport in standardised interviewing.

Green economy and meeting human needs (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion about the extent to which the sustainable transition paradigm can been human needs.

Socialism, capitalism and environmental justice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Disussion of different approaches to achieving environmental justice in 6 countries.

Social inclusion and the Green Economy (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper looked at the equity and inclusion aspects of recent interpretations of 'Green Economy' e.g. UNEP 2011.

Illuminating twenty-five years of poverty research through paradata and secondary analysis (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper looked at poverty research over the 20th and 21st centuries, focussing on paradata and secondary analysis. In particular it discussed the work of Peter Townsend.

Can the capitalist state deliver environmental justice? (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper disussed the contradictions between capitalism and achieving environmental justice.

Possibilities of paradata: Technologies and social practices - poverty surveys 60 years on (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discussed the difference between survey methods over the years.

Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access (2014)
Report

This project aimed to provide open access to data from Peter Townsend’s 1967-68 Poverty in the UK (PinUK) landmark UK survey, and to enhance the capacity to use it, through innovative analysis of micro paradata and comparative analysis of macro parad... Read More about Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access.

Life on a low income in austere times: Precarious budgets (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An analysis of the everyday ways of coping with poverty by those experiencing the impact of service cuts and economic decline.

Energy and social justice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A presentation as part of 'Big Green Week' in Bristol discussing energy issues in relation to social justice. The key issue, I propose, is the nationalisation of energy since private energy companies are making vast profits while many poor die in the... Read More about Energy and social justice.

Degrowth for sustainability, equality and poverty reduction: Some lessons from Cuba (2014)
Book Chapter

Increased economic growth has been widely and consistently advocated as a solution to poverty and inequality. Yet many environmentalists are opposed to limitless growth on the grounds that it is ecologically unsustainable. In particular, the ‘degro... Read More about Degrowth for sustainability, equality and poverty reduction: Some lessons from Cuba.

Achieving Environmental Justice: A Cross National Analysis (2014)
Book

This book addresses the topic of environmental justice, conceptualised as the aspiration for a healthy environment for all social groups, as well as fair and inclusive processes of environmental decision making. The work connects the global and the... Read More about Achieving Environmental Justice: A Cross National Analysis.

Life on a low income in austere times (2014)
Report

Following the ‘credit crunch’ 2007-2008, the UK entered the deepest recessionary conditions in living memory. As the liquidity from the financial services sector came to an abrupt halt, the investment ‘life blood’ of the economy in short supply, nume... Read More about Life on a low income in austere times.

Environmental justice in Cuba (2014)
Journal Article

An overview of Cuba's achievements and constraints in relation to environmental justice.

Environmental justice in Europe and Latin America (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion of the politics and paradigms pertaining to environmental justice in Europe and Latin America.

Developing public support for human rights in the United Kingdom: Reasserting the importance of socio-economic rights (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Public support for human rights in the UK remains limited, partly as a result of misleading media coverage, as well as political hostility. The UK Human Rights Act, in particular, has been under sustained attack and is now... Read More about Developing public support for human rights in the United Kingdom: Reasserting the importance of socio-economic rights.

La Justicia Ambiental (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A talk given to an open university in Cochabamba, Bolivia, regarding environmental inequality,the concept of environmental justice, and environmental injustices in different parts of the world.

Working class involvement in the Green Party (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A speech given to the Green Party national conference on how to be more inclusive of working class people.

Urban waste collection – An environmental justice issue? (2013)
Book Chapter

Despite recent attempts to improve urban waste management through increased recycling, insufficient attention has been paid to the social and distributional impacts of waste policy. This omission means that such changes appear to have reinforced envi... Read More about Urban waste collection – An environmental justice issue?.

Public attitudes to human rights (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A presentation of our research on UK public attitudes to human rights.

Inequity and the ecological crisis (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Climate justice, energy justice, environmental justice

Public attitudes to human rights - Data synthesis (2012)
Report

This report identifies, summarises, evaluates and analyses the data that currently exist on British public attitudes to human rights, in general, and minority rights, in particular. Human rights will be considered in a broad sense, to include economi... Read More about Public attitudes to human rights - Data synthesis.

Public attitudes to human rights - Literature review (2012)
Report

n the UK, human rights have, for some time, been susceptible to difficulties of misunderstanding, lack of public awareness, misleading and inaccurate media coverage and political manipulation. The Human Rights Act, 1998 (HRA), in particular, has been... Read More about Public attitudes to human rights - Literature review.

Is socially-just degrowth compatible with a market economy? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion of economic growth, sustainability and equity. The paper highlighted the sustainability issues inherant within capitalism.

The Mohawk traditional council (2012)
Journal Article

This work discusses environmental justice issues in Kahnawake, one of the eight communities that make up the Mohawk Nation. The traditional territory of the Mohawk extends through vast regions of what is currently referred to as Quebec, Ontario, and... Read More about The Mohawk traditional council.

Doing qualitative fieldwork in Cuba: Social research in politically sensitive locations (2012)
Journal Article

Cuba, a country that is often portrayed as an isolated, secretive and bureaucratic dictatorship, would appear to present many challenges for a social researcher intent on eliciting the genuine opinions of the native population. However, in December 2... Read More about Doing qualitative fieldwork in Cuba: Social research in politically sensitive locations.

Climate justice (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion of climate justice in Latin America, focussing on Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela.

Climate justice in Latin America (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presenting global climate injustices and impacts on Latin America.

How to increase working-class representation (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

How to overcome the barriers to working-class representation in the Green Party

Guernsey voluntary and charitable sector research study (2011)
Report

The study‘s focus was on social inclusion, and how voluntary and charitable organisations try to overcome the barriers and inequalities which prevent people participating on equal terms in society. Its aim was to identify gaps in provision and ways t... Read More about Guernsey voluntary and charitable sector research study.

St. Pauls young people in 2011: Aspirations and challenges (2011)
Report

This report discusses the aspirations and challenges of Black and Minority Ethnic young people living in the St. Pauls ward of Bristol in the UK. It shows that the young people have high aspirations and concrete goals but face many external challenge... Read More about St. Pauls young people in 2011: Aspirations and challenges.

A socialist path to sustainability (2011)
Journal Article

In its 2006 Sustainability Index Report, the World Wildlife Fund determined that there is only one nation in the world that is currently living sustainably - and that nation is Cuba. This assessment was based on Cuba’s high levels of social developme... Read More about A socialist path to sustainability.

Environment and the socially inclusive city (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Looking at people's perceptions of their local environment as reported at the Bristol Festival of Nature. Creating a map of environmental inequalities.

Environmental justice in Cuba (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Understanding the successes of Cuba in relation to sustainability.

Living well in Lockleaze (2011)
Other

The booklet ‘Living Well in Lockleaze’, was produced by Lockleaze Environment Group with the aim of making life better and easier for the people who live here. We compiled a list of 101 tips and resources to make money go further, improve health, in... Read More about Living well in Lockleaze.

Environmental justice in Cuba (2011)
Journal Article

'Environmental justice' refers to the human right to a healthy and safe environment, a fair share of natural resources, access to environmental information and participation in environmental decision-making. Some analysts have argued that environment... Read More about Environmental justice in Cuba.

Climate justice: The global climate negotiations (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion of the role of Bolivia in the climate negotiations, seeking a maximum 1.5 degrees of warming, while others accept 2 degrees.

Environmental justice in Cuba: The use of degrowth policies for sustainable development (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discusses the concept and value of 'degrowth' for achieving sustainability, drawing on the experience of Cuba.

Environmentalism and working class inclusion (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A fringe workshop on how the Green Party in particular, and environmentalism in general, can be more inclusive of working class people.

The causes of environmental injustice (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion of the theories explaining environmental injustice.

Degrowth – What can we learn from Cuba? (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A discussion of the value of degrowth for achieving sustainability, drawing on the experience of Cuba.

Environmental justice in Cuba: Citizenship and ecology (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discusses the environmental justice situation in Cuba.

Cuba - Environment, justice and equality (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cuba's successes, constraints and challenges in achieving environmental justice.

Environmental justice in the UK: A case study of Lockleaze (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper described the environmental injustices in Lockleaze, Bristol, identifying their causes.

Evaluation of Voscur’s equalities and neighbourhood work (2008)
Report

This report discusses the work of Voscur, an infrastructure organisation for Bristol, in terms of its community, neighbourhood and equalities work.

Achieving Environmental Justice in the United Kingdom: A Case Study of Lockleaze, Bristol (2008)
Journal Article

Despite a number of seemingly progressive government initiatives, recent studies show environmental injustice continues to be a real and substantive problem in the United Kingdom. This case study focuses on one possible reason for this—the lack of in... Read More about Achieving Environmental Justice in the United Kingdom: A Case Study of Lockleaze, Bristol.

Evaluation of the hospital at home advice service (2007)
Report

This project looked at the hospital at home advice service run by North Bristol Advice Centre.

Disability in Easton and Lawrence Hill (2006)
Report

This report looks at the services for disabled people in Easton and Lawrence Hill. It assesses the current needs and how well they are met by current service providers. The project involved interviewing a range of disabled people's organisations in t... Read More about Disability in Easton and Lawrence Hill.

A visit to Lord Vestey’s ranch in Venezuela (2005)
Journal Article

I decided I would go to El Charcote, near San Carlos, as I had heard that there was a land dispute between a wealthy English Company and some campesino families who had occupied the land. I thought that perhaps our solidarity group could do somethin... Read More about A visit to Lord Vestey’s ranch in Venezuela.

Living well within planetary limits
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This workshop discussed the concept of Vivir Bien and how it contributes to sustainability.

Environmental justice and the new sustainable development goals
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This workshop discussed how environmental justice links to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Achieving environmental justice: Environmental equality in the green capital
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Environmental problems are more likely to impact on low income and black and minority ethnic communities. In her book, Achieving Environmental Justice, and this event Cabot Institute member Karen Bell assesses the causes and solutions for this and as... Read More about Achieving environmental justice: Environmental equality in the green capital.

Living well, equality and socialism in UK and Bolivia
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This is an interactive workshop for the Free Popular University in Cochabamba. The University is open to everyone to freely teach and learn about current issues.